FACTORS DRIVING TRAUMA
Experiences that can cause trauma in children include physical, sexual, or psychological abuse and neglect, natural disasters, family or community violence, discrimination, the sudden loss of a loved one or friend, and traumatic separation from family and carers. When children have been in situations where they feared for their lives, believed that they would be injured, witnessed violence, or lost a loved one, they may show signs of child traumatic stress. Many factors contribute to symptoms, including whether the child has experienced trauma in the past, and protective factors at the child, family, and community levels can reduce the adverse impact of trauma. Children living in vulnerable circumstances, economically and socially, often lack protective factors and are more at risk of being affected by trauma.
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